Sverre Johannes Aarseth, (20 July 1934 – 28 December 2024) was a Norwegian research scientist at the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.
[3] His areas of research included the effects of stellar evolution in N-body codes, the influence of black holes on stellar systems, the evolution of globular clusters, and the use of GPUs to increase the speed of his codes.
Aarseth was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1986–87.
Outside of research, Aarseth's interests included mountaineering, trekking and wildlife.
[6] He is also a keen chess player, and was awarded the title International Master for Correspondence in 1981.